Forbidden the Stars
The Interstellar Age Book 1
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3.9 • 48 Ratings
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Publisher Description
At the end of the 21st century, a catastrophic accident in the asteroid belt has left two surveyors dead. There is no trace of their young son, Alex Manez, or of the asteroid itself.
On the outer edge of the solar system, the first manned mission to Pluto, led by the youngest female astronaut in NASA history, has made an historic discovery: there is a marker left there by an alien race for humankind to find. We are not alone!
While studying the alien marker, it begins to react and, four hours later, the missing asteroid appears in a Plutonian orbit, along with young Alex Manez, who has developed some alarming side-effects from his exposure to the kinetic element they call Kinemet.
From the depths of a criminal empire based on Luna, an expatriate seizes the opportunity to wrest control of outer space, and takes swift action.
The secret to faster-than-light speed is up for grabs, and the race for interstellar space begins!
- The Interstellar Age -
Book 1 - Forbidden The Stars
Book 2 - Music of the Spheres
Book 3 - Worlds Away
Customer Reviews
Brilliant
Brilliant book to read. I had myself enthralled in this. I recommend it, a real page turner!
Excellent
I'm seldom spurred from my natural sloth to bother writing a review, but have found myself feeling so indebted to this new author for having provided a tale worthy of my favourites such as A. C. Clarke, I. M. Banks, Greg Bear or even almost Greg Egan. "Forbidden the Stars" was even free, and thus obviously worth every penny, and despite my sadly impecunious state I'm severely tempted to save my brew money and invest in the next instalment. I prefer hard SF with science I would at least like to believe in and feel that this book passes that qualification easily, (although fantasy such as Jack Vance's or mad ideas like Robert Sheckley pass my litmus test too). I don't like stories getting bogged down in politics unless they are satirical like S. Lem's great "Memoirs found in a bathtub", and felt that this book managed to escape that pitfall admirably. 90%